Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? is the latest fictional film to mine humor and pathos from life on the stand-up stage—but ...

When he wasn’t throwing food and playing with props onstage, he was working as a high school gym teacher. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Lenny Schultz, the frenetic stand-up comic who used food and ...

HBO's Hacks features several actual stand-up comics in its cast of characters. This is a crucial component in how the series can realistically depict the cutthroat world of stand-up and live ...

This is me every time I’m watching a movie or TV show that incorporates stand-up as part of the story. It’s one of many things I’m yelling, really: “That doesn’t look like a comedy club!” “Audiences ...